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Guam Guam (; ch, Guåhan ) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States (reckoned from the geographic cent ...
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Entertainment

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Q. Allan Brocka Quenton Allan Brocka (born 1972) is an American television and film director based in West Hollywood, California. He has directed and written a number of feature films while creating an animated television series for the Logo cable network. He ...
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Ann Curry Ann Curry (born November 19, 1956) is an American journalist and photojournalist, who has been a reporter for more than 30 years, focused on human suffering in war zones and natural disasters. Curry has reported from the wars in Kosovo, Iraq, S ...
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Pia Mia Pia Mia Perez (born September 19, 1996) is an American singer, songwriter, and model. She began her career by posting videos of herself singing on the video sharing site YouTube, and went on to star in commercials and music videos. Pia Mia sign ...
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Donovan Patton Donovan Patton (born March 1, 1978) is an American actor and television host. Patton graduated from the Interlochen Arts Academy and acted in Shakespeare plays such as ''Much Ado About Nothing'' and '' Romeo and Juliet'' before replacing Steve B ...
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DPR Live Hong Da-bin (born January 1, 1993), better known by his stage name DPR Live, is a South Korean rapper and singer. Along with Ian, Cream, and REM, Hong co-founded the label Dream Perfect Regime—all of whom attach the label's acronym "DPR" to th ...


Games and athletics

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Morgan Hikaru Aiken Morgan Hikaru Aiken 加藤 ひかる (born July 15, 1994) is a former Japanese-American professional basketball player from Guam in the B.League. Aiken is the first player from Guam to play in the professional Japan Basketball League. Born in Ha ...
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Frank Camacho Franklin Beldad Camacho (born May 18, 1989) is a Chamorro mixed martial artist in the lightweight division. He was a 2010 Blue Belt Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu World champion and a 2006 Micronesian Games wrestling gold medalist. He competed in the Ultima ...
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Jeff Cobb Jeffrey Cobb (ジェフ・コブ ''Jefu Kobu'', born July 11, 1982) is an American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler currently signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) where he is a two-time IWGP Tag Team Champion with United Emp ...
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Jason Cunliffe Jason Ryan Quitugua Cunliffe (born 23 October 1983) is a Guamanian footballer who plays as a striker and midfielder for Bank of Guam Strykers in the Guam Soccer League, and is the current captain of Guam. Youth and club career Cunliffe first ...
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Joe Duarte Joe Duarte (born August 4, 1983) is a retired professional mixed martial arts champion and investor from Guam, and is of native Chamorro descent. He currently trains at The Arena Mixed Martial Arts gym in San Diego, California. Early life Dua ...
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Sean Reid-Foley Sean Ian Reid-Foley (born August 30, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the New York Mets organization. He was selected in the second round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft by the Toronto Blue Jays and made his debut wi ...
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Ray Robson Ray Robson (born October 25, 1994) is an American chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2010. Robson fulfilled the requirements for the title in 2009 at the age of 14 years, 11 months and 16 days, making him the young ...
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Benjamin Schulte Benjamin Anthony Aguon Schulte (born December 22, 1995) is a Guamanian swimmer. Schulte entered the international stage at 15 years old when he won a silver medal at the 2011 Pacific Games held in New Caledonia. At the 2014 Micronesian Games, S ...
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Jon Tuck Jonathan Cruz Tuck (born August 28, 1984) is a Chamorro professional mixed martial artist. Tuck is the first Chamorro native from Guam to be signed by the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and competes at the Lightweight division. His offi ...
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Derek Mandell Derek Mandell (born September 18, 1986, in Tamuning, Guam) is a Guamanian middle-distance runner. He took part in the 2008 Oceania Athletics Championships, winning bronze, and 2008 Summer Olympics, where he broke a personal men's 800m record e ...
* De'Aundre Cruz


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Eloise Baza Eloise Baza (January 5, 1953 – October 29, 2007) was the president of the Guam Chamber of Commerce from 1984 until 2007. She was the first woman and the first Chamorro to hold the presidency of the Chamber of Commerce. She was also the longest ...


Diplomacy

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Lawyers

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Leevin Camacho Leevin Taitano Camacho is a Chamorro lawyer who served as attorney general of Guam. He was elected on November 6, 2018, defeating former attorney general Douglas Moylan with 67% of the vote. Inaugurated on January 7, 2019, Camacho succeeded Elizab ...
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Benjamin Cruz Benjamin Joseph "BJ" Franquez Cruz (born March 3, 1951) is an Chamorro lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as the Speaker of the 34th Guam Legislature from 2017 to 2018 and as Vice Speaker from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Par ...
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Alicia Limtiaco Alicia Anne Garrido Limtiaco (born August 7, 1963) is a former United States Attorney for the Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. She was sworn in on June 21, 2010, and served until March 10, 2017. She was previously Attorney Gen ...
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Douglas Moylan Douglas Brian Keola Moylan (born October 19, 1966) is a Guamanian politician and attorney under the Law Office. He was the first elected and youngest Attorney General of Guam serving from 2003 to 2007. He was licensed in California in 1990 and ...
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Don Parkinson Don Parkinson is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand in 1968. Playing career From Huntly, Parkinson played for the Taniwharau Rugby League Club and represented Waikato.Coffey, John and Bernie Wood ''Auckland ...


Military

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Peter Gumataotao Peter Aguon Gumataotao (born 1958) is the current director of the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS) and a retired rear admiral (upper half) of the United States Navy. As a rear admiral (lower half), he wa ...
* Curtis W. Howard * Susan Pangelinan


Politics


Activists

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Siobhon McManus Siobhon Rumurang McManus is a Palauan-Chamorro teacher and peace activist based in Guam. In 2017 she led opposition to the construction of a new missile defence system by the US government. When speaking about the 2017 protests against America ...


Delegates

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Vicente T. Blaz Vicente Tomás Garrido Blaz (February 14, 1928 – January 8, 2014), also known as Ben Blaz, was a Chamorro United States Marine Corps Brigadier General from the United States territory of Guam. Blaz served in the Marine Corps from 1951 until July ...
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Madeleine Bordallo Madeleine Mary Zeien Bordallo (; born May 31, 1933) is an American-Guamanian politician who served as the delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives for from January 3, 2003 to January 3, 2019. She is the first woman ever to serve as Guam's ...
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Michael San Nicolas Michael Franklin Quitugua San Nicolas (born January 30, 1981) is a Guamanian Democratic Party politician, who served as the delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives for from 2019 to 2023. San Nicolas was elected by his colleagues in the 11 ...
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Robert A. Underwood Robert Anacletus Underwood (born July 13, 1948) is an American politician and educator who served as the delegate from Guam to the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003 as a member of the Democratic Party. He subsequently serv ...
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Antonio Borja Won Pat Antonio Borja Won Pat (December 10, 1908 – May 1, 1987) was a Guamanian politician and member of the Democratic Party of Guam. He served as the first Delegate from Guam to the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1985. Early l ...


Governors


Civilian

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Ford Quint Elvidge Ford Quint Elvidge (November 20, 1892 – July 14, 1980) was an American attorney who was governor of Guam from 1953 to 1956. Early life Elvidge was born November 30, 1892, in Oakland, California. He spent his early years in Oakland before movi ...
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Manuel Flores Leon Guerrero Manuel Flores "Carson" Leon Guerrero (October 29, 1914 – October 9, 1985) was a Guamanian politician who is the sixth Appointed Governor of Guam from March 1963 to July 1969.Rogers, R. "Destiny's Landfall: A History of Guam", page 238-239. Unive ...
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Richard Barrett Lowe Richard Barrett Lowe (July 8, 1902 – April 16, 1972) was the governor (and fifth appointed civil governor)Dakota State University (2004). of American Samoa (October 1, 1953 – October 15, 1956) and the eighth American governor (and third ...
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Carlton Skinner Carlton Skinner (April 8, 1913 – September 2, 2004) was the first civilian governor of Guam and a prominent advocate for the integration of the United States Armed Forces. President Harry Truman appointed Skinner governor in 1949, after the ...


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Joseph Franklin Ada Joseph Franklin Ada (born December 3, 1943), better known as Joseph F. Ada, is an American (U.S. citizen) politician who served as the 5th Governor of Guam from 1987 to 1995. Before his accession to the governorship, Ada previously served as the 3 ...
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Ricardo Bordallo Ricardo Jerome "Ricky" Bordallo (; – ) was an American (U.S. citizen) politician, businessman, and serving two terms as the 2nd and 4th Governor of Guam with Lieutenant Governor Rudy Sablan from 1975 to 1979, and with Lieutenant Governor Edw ...
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Eddie Calvo Edward Jerome Baza Calvo (born August 29, 1961) is an American (U.S. citizen) politician who served as the 8th Governor of Guam from January 3, 2011 to January 7, 2019. A member of the Republican Party, Calvo was a five-term Senator within the ...
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Paul McDonald Calvo Paul McDonald Calvo (born July 25, 1934) is a Guamanian politician who served as the 3rd Governor of Guam from 1979 to 1983. Before his accession to the governorship, Calvo served as the Guam Legislature from 1971 to 1975. He is a member of the Re ...
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Carlos Camacho Carlos Garcia Camacho (November 16, 1924 – December 6, 1979) was an American (U.S. citizen) politician and dentist. Camacho was a former Republican Senator in the Guam Legislature. Camacho served as the last appointed Governor of Guam from 196 ...
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Lou Leon Guerrero Lourdes Aflague "Lou" Leon Guerrero (born November 8, 1950) is an American politician who has served as the 9th governor of Guam since 2019. She was president and CEO of the Bank of Guam from 2007 to 2017, having previously served as a senator o ...
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Felix Perez Camacho Felix James Pérez Camacho (born October 30, 1957) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 7th Governor of Guam from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party of Guam, he had previously served as a six-term senator in the ...
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Carl T.C. Gutierrez Carl Tommy Cruz Gutierrez (born October 15, 1941) is an American (U.S. citizen) politician who was the 6th Governor of Guam, serving two four-year terms with Lieutenant Governor Madeleine Z. Bordallo from January 2, 1995 to January 6, 2003. Gutier ...


Senators


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Regine Biscoe Lee Regine Biscoe Lee (born December 14, 1981) also known as Regine Lee, is a Guamanian politician serving the Democratic and formerly serves as senator in the 35th Guam Legislature. A member of the majority party, Lee was selected as the Chair of t ...
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Telena Cruz Nelson Telena Monique Cruz Nelson (born September 25, 1980) also known as Telena Nelson, is currently a Democratic Party of Guam, Democratic senator in the 36th Legislature of Guam, Guam Legislature. A member of the majority party, Nelson was selected by ...
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Tina Rose Muña Barnes Tina Rose Muña Barnes (born August 24, 1962) is a Guamanian politician, currently serving as her 7th term as a senator in the Guam Legislature. She formerly served as the Speaker of the 35th Guam Legislature from 2019 to 2021. Family Tina Muña ...
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Amanda Shelton Amanda Lee Shelton (born May 5, 1990) is a Guamanian politician who currently serves as a senator in the Guam Legislature. Shelton was chosen by her colleagues to serve as Legislative Secretary and Majority WhipGuam Legislature''Senators'' Haga ...
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Pedo Terlaje Jose Toves "Pedo" Terlaje (September 23, 1946 – January 2023) was a Guamanian politician. Terlaje served as a senator in the Guam LegislatureGuam Legislature''Senators'' Hagatna, Guam. and Chairperson of the Committee on Public Safety, Border S ...
* Therese M. Terlaje


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Tom Ada Thomas Castro Ada (born 1949) is a former Democratic Party of Guam politician in Guam. Ada served as Majority Leader of the 34th Guam Legislature and Senator in the Guam Legislature for 10 terms.Guam Election Commission''Election Comparative An ...
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Frank Aguon Frank Blas Aguon Jr. (born June 21, 1966) is a Guamanian politician and army lieutenant. A Democrat, he served in the Legislature of Guam from 1997 to 2007, 2009 to 2011 and from 2013 to 2019. He is a former Vice-Speaker from 2003 to 2005. Sena ...
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John P. Aguon John Perez Aguon is a Guamanian former politician who served as Senator in the Legislature of Guam, Guam Legislature for 6 terms.Guam Election Commission''Election Comparative Analysis Report, 1994'' Hagatna, Guam. Pages 46-50 He is the member of ...
* Elizabeth P. Arriola *
Madeleine Bordallo Madeleine Mary Zeien Bordallo (; born May 31, 1933) is an American-Guamanian politician who served as the delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives for from January 3, 2003 to January 3, 2019. She is the first woman ever to serve as Guam's ...
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Ricardo Bordallo Ricardo Jerome "Ricky" Bordallo (; – ) was an American (U.S. citizen) politician, businessman, and serving two terms as the 2nd and 4th Governor of Guam with Lieutenant Governor Rudy Sablan from 1975 to 1979, and with Lieutenant Governor Edw ...
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Benjamin Cruz Benjamin Joseph "BJ" Franquez Cruz (born March 3, 1951) is an Chamorro lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as the Speaker of the 34th Guam Legislature from 2017 to 2018 and as Vice Speaker from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Par ...
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Ping Duenas Jose Andres Ramirez "Ping" Duenas (October 17, 1930 - August 31, 2009) was a Guamanian politician and public servant. Duenas served as a Senator in the Legislature of Guam from 1971 to 1978 and was a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Guam in 1 ...
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James Espaldon James Virata Espaldon (born June 21, 1956), also known as Jim Espaldon, is an American politician and lawyer. A member of the Republican Party, Espaldon is a former candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Guam in the 2010 gubernatorial election as ...
* Alfred Flores * Judith Guthertz *
Carl Gutierrez Carl Tommy Cruz Gutierrez (born October 15, 1941) is an American (U.S. citizen) politician who was the 6th Governor of Guam, serving two four-year terms with Lieutenant Governor Madeleine Z. Bordallo from January 2, 1995 to January 6, 2003. Gutier ...
* Marcia K. Hartsock *
Lou Leon Guerrero Lourdes Aflague "Lou" Leon Guerrero (born November 8, 1950) is an American politician who has served as the 9th governor of Guam since 2019. She was president and CEO of the Bank of Guam from 2007 to 2017, having previously served as a senator o ...
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Manuel Flores Leon Guerrero Manuel Flores "Carson" Leon Guerrero (October 29, 1914 – October 9, 1985) was a Guamanian politician who is the sixth Appointed Governor of Guam from March 1963 to July 1969.Rogers, R. "Destiny's Landfall: A History of Guam", page 238-239. Unive ...
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Tommy Morrison Tommy "The Duke" Morrison (January 2, 1969 – September 1, 2013) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2008, and held the WBO heavyweight title in 1993. He retired from boxing in 1996 when he tested positive for HIV. Mor ...
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Ted S. Nelson Theodore "Ted" Sgambelluri Nelson (born May 17, 1935) is a Guamanian retired politician. A member of the Democratic Party of Guam, Nelson served as Vice Speaker of Guam LegislatureGuampedia''Gloria Borja Nelson'' Hagatna, Guam. and senator in the ...
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Tony Palomo Antonio "Tony" Manibusan Palomo (June 13, 1931 – February 1, 2013) was a Guamanian politician, historian, journalist, columnist, and academic. Palomo served as a senator in the Legislature of Guam and the director of the Guam Museum from Dece ...
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Ben Pangelinan Vicente "Ben" Cabrera Pangelinan ( - ) was a Guamanian politician and businessman who served as the speaker of the Guam Legislature from 2003 to 2005, representing from Barrigada, as a Democrat from 1993 to his death in 2014. Pangelinan was the ...
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Don Parkinson Don Parkinson is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand in 1968. Playing career From Huntly, Parkinson played for the Taniwharau Rugby League Club and represented Waikato.Coffey, John and Bernie Wood ''Auckland ...
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Franklin Quitugua Franklin Joseph Arceo Quitugua (November 6, 1933 – February 26, 2015) was a Guamanian politician who served as a Democratic senator in 7 Legislature of Guam, Guam Legislatures and as Speaker of the 19th Guam Legislature.Guam Election Commissi ...
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Edward Diego Reyes Edward Diego "Eddie" Reyes (January 24, 1930 – April 14, 2018) was a Guamanian politician and retired United States Air Force colonel. Reyes served as the 4th Lieutenant Governor of Guam from January 3, 1983, to January 5, 1987, under Governor ...
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Joe T. San Agustin Joe Taitano San Agustin (15 October 1930 – 15 April 2021) was a Guamanian politician, member of the Democratic Party of Guam. San Agustin served as Speaker in the 20th, 21st, and 22nd Guam Legislatures and Senator in the Legislature of Guam, Gua ...
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Michael San Nicolas Michael Franklin Quitugua San Nicolas (born January 30, 1981) is a Guamanian Democratic Party politician, who served as the delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives for from 2019 to 2023. San Nicolas was elected by his colleagues in the 11 ...
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Angel Santos Angel Anthony Leon Guerrero Santos III (April 14, 1959 – July 6, 2003), also known as Angel L.G. Santos, or Anghet, was a Chamorro rights activist and Guamanian politician. Santos served as a Senator in the Guam Legislature from 1995 to ...
* Francis E. Santos *
Francisco R. Santos Francisco "Frank" Rivera Santos (October 1, 1930 – August 9, 1993) was a Guamanian politician who recently serving in 12 consecutive Guam Legislatures. He previously serves as commissioner of Sinajana, Guam, Sinajana from 1966 to 1968. Early ...
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Dave Shimizu David Leon Guerrero Shimizu is a Guamanian politician and businessman who served as three term senator of the Guam Legislature from 1991 to 1995 and again from 2007 to 2009, then he also served as the vice-speaker from 2008 to 2009. He is the mem ...
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Nerissa Bretania Underwood Nerissa Bretania Underwood (born 1955) is a Guamanian politician who served as the senator in Legislature of Guam, Guam Legislature, also former vice chairwoman of the Democratic Party of Guam, a former superintendent of the Guam Department of Edu ...
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Antonio Borja Won Pat Antonio Borja Won Pat (December 10, 1908 – May 1, 1987) was a Guamanian politician and member of the Democratic Party of Guam. He served as the first Delegate from Guam to the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1985. Early l ...
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Judith Won Pat Judith Teresita Perez Won Pat , (born December 6, 1949), also known as Judi Won Pat, is a Guamanian politician, teacher, and school administrator who served as the speaker of the Guam Legislature from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party ...


Mayors

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Ken Joe Ada Ken Joe Ma'anao Ada (September 28, 1982 – February 18, 2020), often nicknamed Kenjo, was a Guamanian politician, retired merchant marine, and a member of the Republican Party of Guam. Early life On September 28, 1982, Ada was born in Gua ...
* John A. Cruz *
Felix Ungacta Felix Flores Ungacta (November 8, 1937 – October 24, 2016) was a Guamanian politician and businessman. He served as the mayor of Hagåtña, the capital city and seat of government of Guam, from January 5, 1981 to January 3, 2005, becoming one ...


International organizations

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Bob Beck Robert E. Beck Jr. (September 2, 1944 – May 24, 2008) was a zoologist and conservationist, who worked to save Guam's indigenous native birds from 1982 to 2003. Beck championed the fight to save Guam's native birds, such as the Mariana crow, ...
* Lourdes Pangelinan


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Guam Guam (; ch, Guåhan ) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States (reckoned from the geographic cent ...
Guam Guam (; ch, Guåhan ) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States (reckoned from the geographic cent ...